Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Stage Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. OF Roman Anthony | 20 | AAA | 2025
A left-handed hitter at 6’2” 200 lbs, Anthony slashed .291/.396/.498 with 18 house runs and 21 stolen bases in 119 video games throughout the highest two minor league ranges in 2024, setting himself as much as combat for a spot in spring coaching. He acquired simply 35 video games at Triple-A however slashed .344/.463/.519 there and doesn’t have something left to show within the minor leagues. Right here’s a little bit of what I wrote after I ranked him atop this record final season:
“I’m simply making an attempt to say he’s a participant in flux and jogs my memory a bit of Ronald Acuña at this stage within the sense that he’s acquired a couple of path forward of him as a hitter and will turn into a total-package kind who slashes .300/.400/.500 on the common.”
Up to now so good on this one.
2. 2B Kristian Campbell | 22 | AAA | 2025
Thanks partially to Campbell’s cooking in 2024, Boston has baseball’s greatest assortment of position-player prospects proper now. A fourth-round decide in 2023, he’s not precisely discovered cash, nevertheless it’s not widespread to see a school hitter go from the 132nd decide to a consensus high 5 prospect in a calendar 12 months, and a glow-up like that may alter an entire group’s outlook. A right-handed hitter at 6’3” 191 lbs, Campbell labored with Boston’s coaches to change his swing and unlock bat pace and generate a bit extra loft, and Soup responded by slashing .330/.439/.558 with 20 house runs and 24 steals in 115 video games throughout three ranges. He closed the season with 19 video games at Triple-A, the place he posted a .412 on base share with 4 homers and 4 steals. He’s listed right here in any respect the positions he’s been taking part in within the minors, and whereas it appears seemingly he’ll settle in at second base or left discipline, it’s laborious to place a ceiling on somebody we simply noticed make a developmental leap on the opposite aspect of the ball. And for what it’s Werth, I wouldn’t quibble if anybody flipped Campbell and Anthony on any record. I swapped them forwards and backwards a number of occasions.
3. SS Marcelo Mayer | 22 | AA | 2025
Mayer bounced again from an injury-plagued 2023 and slashed .307/.370/.480 with eight house runs and 13 steals in 77 Double-A video games earlier than a lumbar pressure ended his season in July. The 4th total decide in 2021, he’s a clean left-handed hitter at 6’3” 188 lbs. The form of man scouts solely have to look at for a second or two earlier than deciding they like him. Well being has been fleeting, however maybe that calms down a bit when he will get into a serious league rhythm with an enormous league coaching workers.
4. OF Braden Montgomery | 21 | NCAA | 2027
A dynamic 6’2” switch-hitter out of Texas A&M, Montgomery has an opportunity to play middle discipline at 220 lbs, and his defensive ground continues to be a strong nook outfielder. He hit 27 homers and slashed .322/.454/.733 towards (largely) SEC pitching staffs in his junior season however hasn’t performed in a professional recreation since being the twelfth total choice, which may create a bit shopping for alternative for anybody so inclined this low season. Betting on Boston to establish and develop good prospects makes a whole lot of sense to me proper now.
5. SS Franklin Arias | 19 | A | 2028
Arias signed for $525,000 because the second highest paid participant in Boston’s 2023 worldwide class, arising on two years later, that appears like cash nicely invested. A right-handed hitter at 5’11” 170 lbs, Arias slashed .309/.409/.487 with 9 house runs and 35 stolen bases in 87 video games throughout two ranges. He slugged simply .378 in his 36 Low-A video games, however he was taking part in towards guys who had been 2.5 years his senior on common. I think he’ll be a lot better than that if he returns to Low-A Salem to open the 2025 season.
6. SS Yoelin Cespedes | 19 | CPX | 2028
Cespedes signed for $1.4 million in 2023, the very best bonus Boston gave out that 12 months. A powderkeg of an athlete at 5’8” 181 lbs, Cespedes generates plus energy and has a flair for locating the ball with the barrel, as he demonstrated in slashing .319/.400/.615 with 5 house runs and three stolen bases throughout 25 video games on the advanced. He and Arias kind the present of one other wave of position-player expertise cresting only a cycle behind the group that’ll be prepared in 2025.
7. C Kyle Teel | 23 | AAA | 2025
What he doesn’t provide in topside for the dynasty recreation, Teel makes up for in proximity and predictability. A lefty who takes a managed strategy on the plate, he actually is aware of himself as a hitter and can most likely appear to be a serious league choice in spring coaching. In 112 video games throughout two ranges final 12 months, he slashed .288/.386/.433 with 13 house runs and 12 stolen bases.
8. 2B Chase Meidroth | 23 | AAA | 2025
Meidroth is a bit meh-droth for fantasy functions, however dude can hit. In 122 Triple-A video games, he slashed .293/.437/.400 with seven house runs and 13 steals. Oh, he additionally managed 105 walks towards 71 strikeouts (12.7%). It’s a easy swing from the appropriate aspect at 5’10” 170 lbs, and he’s a bit stretched athletically at second base, however the hardest a part of the sport (making contact) comes simply sufficient to Meidroth that he ought to be capable to piece collectively a pesky profession.
9. RHP Luis Perales | 22 | AA | 2026
Plenty of Sawx bats loved breakout seasons in 2024, and 2025 seems to be prefer it may deliver extra of the identical from the pitching aspect. Luis Perales pitched in simply 9 video games final season however made them depend, recording 56 punchouts in 33.2 innings throughout two ranges. A double-plus fastball that sits mid 90’s with journey is his calling card, giving him one thing of a Luis Gil look when he’s pumping it up close to 100. And a bit like Gil, Perales has some threat given how laborious he throws at 6’1” 160 lbs. To be truthful, he seems to be a bit larger than that to the eyeball take a look at, and he’s athlete who has been enhancing stability all through his supply, so he would possibly finally be capable to maintain that velocity regardless of a starter’s workload.
10. OF Jhostynxon Garcia | 22 | AA | 2026
Right here’s what I wrote about Garcia this summer time in Prospect Information: Jhostynxon Garcia Cracks The Code:
“We’ve gotta carve out some area for Pink Sox OF Jhostynxon Garcia (21, A+), who has benefited from the hitter pleasant house ballpark at Greenville, however he’s hit 4 homers on the street and three homers at house durings his 20 video games in Excessive-A. A clean right-handed swinger at 6’0” 163 lbs, Garcia graduated Low-A after posting a 154 wRC+ in 24 Low-A video games and would possibly get a fast bump to Double-A if he retains slashing one thing near the .312/.384/.636 he’s posting thus far. Spell examine desires me to vary his identify to Jhostyn Xon. Which, okay, however that’s not truly altering any of the letters? He popped up within the Razzball chat some time again as a result of his nickname on baseball reference is “The Password.” Simply enjoyable stuff throughout. However don’t make this man your password if you happen to intend to log in once more.”
A right-handed hitter listed at 6’0” 163 lbs, Garcia seems to be a bit larger than that to the attention as he provides energy throughout time. He lined three ranges on the season and completed with 30 video games at Double-A, the place he’ll most likely open up 2025.
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